Ste. Anne's market had a new location this past weekend. Usually for the winter, they are housed in the gymnasium of St. George's Anglican church, but they were spilling over 3 weeks ago onto the street and decided to find a home on McGill's west island MacDonald campus. Their usual place by the water is still too iffy because of water levels flooding the boardwalk and sidewalks for longer than usual this year.
I like to go hungry with the variety of baked goods are a good place for breakfast, with the possibility of getting coffee in a ceramic mug if you get there early enough. Like everything though, it is quite a Herculean task to get anything without creating single service waste. If you want sugar and milk in your coffee, even the mug is not enough. So after feeling guilty for a UHT cream container and sugar packets (I can't seem to drink it black, unfortunately), I now drink my coffee at home and put my muffin wrapper in the compost when I get home.
My two favourite purchases were injera wraps filled with spicy lentils and potatoes (try this recipe at home for Mesir Wat). That being said, there were fresh asparagus, radishes, red and orange tomatoes, basil plants and a fresh heads of lettuce, with dirt and insects to prove it for a highly affordable $1.50 each.
and some Argentinian shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut (Alfajores).
I was intrigued by this new-to-me fruit called the haskap and purchased a jam to serve with scones on my summer tea party.
Although cash seems to go very quickly, and the temptation is great to buy more sweet than necessary, but when I am able to make the train leaving at 10 am and come back on foot or bike (it's a longest walk but beautiful at 13 km), or even drive the short distance for a local product, it is a great Saturday morning with an exciting prospect of fresh products as the summer nears.
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